Shower-sauna instantaneous electric steam or hot water supply unit

Apparatus for a shower and sauna comprising a container means of electrically insulative material for accommodating a volume of water, a substantially vertical central tube means extending through the container means for supplying water into the container means and removing hot water and steam from the container means, means provided on the upper end of the tube means for enabling a connecting of the central tube means to a source of water, means for automatically and instantaneously heating the volume of water in the container means so as to enable a generation of one of hot water and steam including a plurality of spaced tubular electrically conductive plates disposed in the container means and means for connecting the tubular plates with the source of electric current for passage of electric current through the water between the plates to generate Joule heat, means firmly mounting the tubular plates in the container means, means for mounting a sauna curtain on the container so as to define a sauna area below the container means including a flat dish-shaped member of a size and shape defining the top wall of the sauna area mounted on a lower end of the central tube means, means for releasably securing the dish-shaped member to the central tube means, means provided in the central tube means for distributing the water supply to the container means and removing generated steam or hot water from the container means, the lower end of the central tube means forming an exit for steam and hot water to the sauna area and means provided for maintaining a predetermined spacing between the respective tubular plates.